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Washington, Jan. 25:Traffic on the many parts of the Internet slowed dramatically for hours early Saturday, the apparent effects of a fast-spreading, virus-like infection that overwhelmed the world's digital pipelines and interfered with Web browsing and delivery of e-mail.

Bangkok, Jan 25 (TNA): - The government is accelerating steps and procedures so that Thailand will become the first country to set up free trade area with China, according to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The Sunday Leader: President Chandrika Kumaratunga is considering the dissolution of parliament and going for a snap general election before the donor conference scheduled for June in Japan, it is reliably learnt.

The Sunday Leaders: Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President, V.Anandasangari has said that People's Alliance (PA) Member Mangala Samaraweera's claim that the TULF and its members are becoming or has already become human hostages of the LTTE is "baseless."

Chennai Jan. 25. "There are compelling factors for the LTTE to realise that a separate state is not achievable. The international community will not allow that to happen. Similarly, the Sri Lankan Government has also realised that there can be no solution without the LTTE and if they give up the separate state demand, the just entitlements of the minority Tamils will have to be met," the leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), R. Sampanthan, said here today.

Phuket, Jan 25 (TNA) - The government has planned to develop a regional airport in this southern resort island of Phuket as a new aviation hub in the South, according to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The Island: Any review of the scope and content of the High Security Zones will only come about if the LTTE deposits its weapons to neutral supervision and initiates measures to withdraw from front-line positions into nominated areas, says a report released in December by Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar, retired chief-of-staff of the Indian army.

The Island: The Sihala Urumaya yesterday asked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Defence Minister Tilak Marapana why they still haven’t declared that the LTTE won’t be permitted to maintain their own army in any future power-sharing arrangement.

Washington, Jan. 25:Traffic on the many parts of the Internet slowed dramatically for hours early Saturday, the apparent effects of a fast-spreading, virus-like infection that overwhelmed the world's digital pipelines and interfered with Web browsing and delivery of e-mail.

New Delhi, India, (AP), Jan. 26: - Tens of thousands of troops and police patrolled the streets of the Indian capital as India showed off its military might Sunday at the annual Republic Day parade amid fears of terrorist attacks.

Bangkok, Jan 25 (TNA): - The government is accelerating steps and procedures so that Thailand will become the first country to set up free trade area with China, according to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The Sunday Leader: President Chandrika Kumaratunga is considering the dissolution of parliament and going for a snap general election before the donor conference scheduled for June in Japan, it is reliably learnt.

The Sunday Leaders: Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) President, V.Anandasangari has said that People's Alliance (PA) Member Mangala Samaraweera's claim that the TULF and its members are becoming or has already become human hostages of the LTTE is "baseless."